Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended the restrained spending in his first Budget, saying it was limited by the need to contain inflation and his predecessor’s failure to build economic...
Policy
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The scrapping of controversial Morrison Government industry grants programs will be used to underwrite the establishment of Labor’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund, which aims to reshape the economy...
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After a hard-fought election, the first federal Budget from the newly installed Albanese Government sets the groundwork for an “Australian-made future”. Treasurer Jim Chalmers used his Budget speech to...
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The federal government will top up the modernising business registers program with $166.2 million after accusing the Coalition of hiding a $1 billion cost blow-out during its time in...
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Australia requires a specific federal Cyber Security Act. It’s too easy to square the blame entirely on the Optus and Medibank data breaches when what these attacks expose is...
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will retain key critical minerals initiatives announced by the Coalition in March but will reduce the competitive grants on offer and stretch research funding, as...
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The ClimateTech sector represents a massive opportunity, for no other reason than it to addresses massive climate challenges. But despite this, activity in the ClimateTech sector remains “so far...
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The Victorian Labor government will introduce a 95 per cent renewables target for 2035 alongside $1 billion in investment to build state-controlled renewable energy projects, if it is successfully...
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The federal government’s $20 billion Rewiring the Nation initiative, a longstanding Labor election commitment, has kicked off with around $7 billion in support for transmission infrastructure across Tasmania and...
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Australian officials turned up their cyber-diplomacy in Singapore this week, promising to help Pacific nations combat risks like ransomware accompanying their increased digitalisation, and to use Australia’s sanction regime...
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Industry Minister Ed Husic has been handed two additional policy priorities following a reallocation of executive responsibilities among ministers through an Administrative Arrangements Order. Responsibility for food and beverage...
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China’s president Xi Jinping touted a $626 billion investment in science and technology over the last decade and reaffirmed a national goal of becoming one of the world’s most...
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The Labor government has foreshadowed generational competition reforms for the private sector to create a “zippier” national economy that encourages workforce mobility, innovation and startup activity after a decade...
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Electric vehicles now make up just over 3 per cent of all new car sales in the country, with the Australian Capital Territory continuing to lead the way by...